By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating a suspicious envelope sent to the elections office in Yuba County on Wednesday morning that might have contained fentanyl. The Yuba County Sheriff’s Department will investigate the incident. The envelope was sent to the Yuba County Registrar of Voters headquarters, about 40 miles
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal lawsuit alleges that two teenage girls were kept in isolation cells for weeks in unsanitary conditions at a troubled Kentucky juvenile detention facility. Both were held at the Adair County Youth Detention Center in late 2022. The class-action suit filed Monday also details alleged
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats in majority control of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives have advanced several gun control measures. One of the proposals passed by the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday would ban sales of automatic and semi-automatic guns. The bills were passed on party lines and await
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner and Kristen Holmes, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is seeking to deliver a knockout blow to Nikki Haley in New Hampshire’s Republican primary, deploying racist dog whistles against the onetime South Carolina governor as the former president ramps up his campaign schedule and hammers his rival on the airwaves. For weeks, Trump’s campaign has treated Haley as a serious
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — The Denver Post reports Colorado state Rep. Mike Lynch was arrested in 2022 on suspicion of drunken driving and possession of a gun while intoxicated. The episode stayed under wraps until the paper reported it Wednesday. Lynch is the Republican minority leader in the Colorado House. He is running for the hotly
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has quelled a Conservative Party rebellion and got his stalled plan to send some asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda through the House of Commons. Lawmakers voted by 320 to 276 Wednesday to back a bill that aims to overcome a U.K. Supreme
Continue ReadingFourteen people, including nine construction workers who were renovating a Yale University-owned building, have been hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning. Rick Fontana, New Haven’s emergency operations director, says one of the workers was found lying unconscious Wednesday outside of the building, which is a couple of blocks from Yale’s campus. That worker is in critical
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The Cathedral City Fire Department on Saturday will continue its series of events aimed at promoting community safety, education and engagement. A smoke alarm installation campaign throughout the community will get underway at 8 a.m. Saturday, according to the fire department. Firefighters and volunteers will install and test smoke alarms until 2 p.m. that day
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As temperatures hover below freezing in Chicago, dozens of asylum-seekers are staying in the lower level of a library until the bitter cold gripping much of the country lifts. But after that, Chicago’s plans for offering immediate shelter to the growing number of
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — For nearly a week, frigid temperatures from Chicago to northern Texas have made life difficult for electric-vehicle drivers. Many have complained about long lines for charging stations, and even that their EVs wouldn’t charge when plugged in. But experts say there are ways to
Continue ReadingBy Tamara Qiblawi, CNN (CNN) — Attacks by Iranian-backed groups in the Middle East won’t stop until Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza ends, Tehran’s top diplomat warned on Wednesday, as tensions across the region threaten to spiral into wider conflict. “If the genocide in Gaza stops, then it will lead to the end of
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Brent Brennan served as a graduate assistant under Dick Tomey for a season at Arizona and spent four more years working for the coach at San Jose State. As Arizona’s newly named head coach, Brennan is both a link to the program’s past successes under
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A U.S.-owned ship in the Gulf of Aden has come under attack from a bomb-carrying drone launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The attack on the Genco Picardy represented the second in recent days targeting vessels directly linked to America after U.S.-led strikes targeting the Houthis. It also
Continue ReadingBy Chris Stern, Sebastian Shukla and Claudia Otto, CNN (CNN) — Josef Fritzl, the infamous Austrian rapist and sex offender, is seeking to be transferred from prison to a nursing home due to his deteriorating health and a recent psychiatric assessment that deemed him to be no longer a danger to society, according to his lawyer. Fritzl’s
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A Coachella man suspected of trying to kidnap a 15-year-old girl in Thermal re-entered not guilty pleas today to felony charges. Christian Daniel Arreola, 20, is charged with one felony count each of assault with intent to commit mayhem, sexual battery, and attempted kidnapping, robbery and/or rape. He initially pleaded not guilty to the
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN Washington (CNN) — Chinese-made drones “continue to pose a significant risk to critical infrastructure and US national security” and companies should be wary of using them, the FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency warned in a new memo issued Wednesday. The warning comes as the US has been working to
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Nneka Obiazor scored 18 points, Desi-Rae Young had 17 points and 11 rebounds for her 41st career double-double and No. 25 UNLV beat San Diego State 67-60 on Wednesday for its eighth straight victory in the series. UNLV (15-1, 5-0 Mountain West) extended its conference winning streak to 29 games. UNLV
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A winter storm made its way across the eastern half of the United States on Wednesday, snarling traffic in the air and on the highways. By early afternoon in the East, more than 1,000 U.S. flights had been canceled and 4,000 others were delayed, according to FlightAware. The brunt of cancellations stretched from
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An ice storm threatened to topple towering trees onto power lines and turned roads and mountain highways treacherous Wednesday in the Pacific Northwest, where residents were urged to avoid travel. Around Portland, Oregon, long icicles dangled from roofs and cars, and ice encased branches, plants and
Continue ReadingHELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte — whose administration oversaw a reduction in income taxes and an increase in residential property taxes — is seeking re-election. Gianforte made the announcement Tuesday. Using a historic budget surplus coming out of the pandemic, Montana paid off its debt, reduced the top income tax rate
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